Free Patriotic Union

The Free Patriotic Union (UPL) is a liberal political party in Tunisia, founded in 2011 by businessman Slim Riahi. The party was pro-Western, as it proposed a free market economy, modernization, and the rejection of Islamism in favor of secularism. In 2013, it became a centrist party of socialist-liberal orientation after seven minor parties joined forces with the UPL, and it held 16/217 Assembly of the Representatives of the People seats after the 2014 election.